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How Biden’s last-minute roadblocks are hamstringing Trump - Washington Examiner

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Former President Joe Biden's massive expansion of the federal workforce and flurry of administrative moves on his way out the door have created roadblocks for President Donald Trump .

Biden administration officials spent the weeks after the election making moves to complicate the incoming president’s agenda.

Some of those collective bargaining agreements came after Election Day and shielded federal employees from the return-to-work demands that Trump promised to issue once in office.

The Biden administration engaged in a practice known as “burrowing’s” in which political appointees are shifted into permanent career positions before the next president takes office.

The move was “a key motivation behind the new final rule” from the Biden administration, Federal News Network reports.

Biden administration rushed to finalize energy regulations that could tie the hands of the incoming Trump officials.

The Biden EPA finalized a rule taxing oil and gas producers for methane emissions just days after the election.

The last-minute methane rule is one of several likely to be targeted by House Republicans , who last week passed a bill giving Congress greater authority to repeal Biden ’s final regulations.

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